Bab al-Tabbaneh

Bab al-Tabbaneh is a predominantly-Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Tripoli, Lebanon.

History
Bab al-Tabbaneh is located in northern Tripoli, and most of its inhabitants are Sunni Muslim. It is separated from the Jabal Mohsen by Syria Street, which demarcates the border between the Alawites of Jabal Mohsen and the Sunnis of Bab al-Tabbaneh. Since the 1976 Lebanese Civil War's start, the pro-independence Sunnis fought the pro-Syria Alawites, and violence has escalated since the 2011 Syrian Civil War started. Several supporters of the al-Nusra Front, Free Syrian Army, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) hoisted their flags in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood, and they had posters commemorating suicide bombers and their leaders. The Lebanese Army is deployed in the neighborhood whenever there is a shootout or suicide bombing committed by either the Sunnis or Shi'ites.